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Essexboy

Posted 26 March 2014 - 02:51 PM

Essexboy

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As I have said before, you can only receive the e-mails only from free Yahoo! mail, but can not reply from Live mail. But, in case of Paid Yahoo! Mail, you can do, just like free Hotmail account.Now, Click the blue colored “Add e-mail account” link in the left sided pane of your Windows Live Mail:

Essexboy

Posted 28 March 2014 - 02:18 PM

Essexboy

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It was our pleasure, and thank you muchly

Looking at the logs your main problems started with "bonus" programmes downloaded with other programmes, that you thought were free. Someone has now developed a little programme that sits unobtrusively on your system and when you install a programme with "added extras" it automatically unticks them to stop them installing.

Essexboy

Posted 30 March 2014 - 03:33 AM

Not a problem I had problems setting up my Sky-Yahoo account as they do not make it really easy

Open live mail and right click the Yahoo mail account nameSelect properties

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In the first tab, General ensure that the full e-mail address is entered. Fill in the name sections as you wantEnsure the include this account box is ticked

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Next select the Server tab.Ensure that the incoming mail is set at pop.mail.yahoo.comEnsure that the outgoing mail is set to smtp.mail.yahoo.comE-Mail username is set to your E-mail addressPassword used is the one you log on to Yahoo mail withServer requires Authentication box is ticked

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Next to the Advanced tabSet the Outgoing mail to port 465 or 587Set the Incoming mail to port 995Ensure the SSL box is ticked